Riddle XCII

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I have endured more than one body should. I carried three souls, all nurtured within me. Two are gone, but the last one barely survived.

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Who am I?

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I bear a human's name after their death. The name remains empty, though sweet life has fled. Still, for the good, there is life after life's time.

Deep water that hides beneath the soil, I cannot emerge without venturing through pierced veins. Painfully do I rise, drawn by the toil of another.

I do not die instantly when my breath departs; it goes forth yet comes back in time. Sometimes I have much spirit, sometimes none at all.

I was once feared for my military might, having six feet that none could deny. Now I have scarcely two, since wealth eludes me.

I was once earth, hidden in hard places. Now, I've gained a new name and price from fire, and I am no longer called earth, yet earth comes from me.

My mother is Earth, and my father is Prometheus; two pointed ears govern me from a hollow belly. In a pitiful fall, my mother divided me.

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